Weather Records on 18 October 1949

665 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 18 October 1949. Highest significance: Canyon Ferry, US.

Key Facts for 18 October 1949

On 18 October 1949, 665 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
68 were record highs and 312 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 2 were all-time records, 23 monthly and 640 daily.
Canyon Ferry set a daily record snowfall of 12.7 cm (5.0 in) on 18 October 1949.
Across 167 earlier years (1794 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 432 records.

Record Map

665 stations

665 station records on 18 October 1949 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 18 October 1949: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Canyon Ferry	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Valier	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Ashton 1N	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Lethbridge Cda	Canada	Record daily snowfall	24.4 cm (9.6 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Gibson Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Amraoti	India	Record daily precipitation	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Cascade 5 S	United States	Record snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Morden	Canada	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Mirajgaon	India	Record daily precipitation	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Bedford 2 SE	United States	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Indapur	India	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Cascade 5 S	United States	Record daily snowfall	36.1 cm (14.2 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Crown King	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Saltern Post Office	Australia	Record daily precipitation	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Malsiras	India	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Mestad I Oddernes	Norway	Record daily precipitation	66.7 mm (2.6 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Manati 2 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Wickenburg	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Kudligi	India	Record daily precipitation	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Oxford	United Kingdom	Record daily precipitation	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Holter Dam	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Manapparai	India	Record daily precipitation	103.1 mm (4.1 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Malta	United States	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Nordegg	Canada	Record daily snowfall	14.0 cm (5.5 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Conrad	United States	Record daily snowfall	17.8 cm (7.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Williams	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.9 mm (1.6 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Stromsfoss Sluse	Norway	Record daily precipitation	33.3 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Bakke	Norway	Record daily precipitation	77.7 mm (3.1 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Mahackala	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-3.5 C (25.7 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Chinook	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Gibson Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Ruthven	Australia	Record daily precipitation	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Berens River	Canada	Record daily precipitation	47.5 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Boreli	India	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Astoria	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Yellow Grass	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Halden	Norway	Record daily precipitation	34.4 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Hayden	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Dunkirk 19NNE	United States	Record daily snowfall	6.4 cm (2.5 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Carson City	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Challakire	India	Record daily precipitation	97.5 mm (3.8 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Prescott	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	30 of 100 (Routine)
Mount Marlow	Australia	Record daily precipitation	31.0 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Stewart	Canada	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Vestervig	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Keolari	India	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Shrigonda	India	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Kursk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-9.4 C (15.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Mohawk	United States	Record low maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Los Gatos	United States	Record low minimum temperature	1.7 C (35.1 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Susanville 2SW	United States	Record low maximum temperature	3.9 C (39.0 F)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Pierce Rs	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ballantine	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Goldbutte 7 N	United States	Record daily snowfall	20.3 cm (8.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Haugan 1 W	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Jenner	Canada	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Kamennaja-Step	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-11.4 C (11.5 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Folsom	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-0.6 C (30.9 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Napa State Hospital	United States	Record low minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Vernal	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

665 records

Records set or tied on 18 October 1949 by type: Highest daily maximum 16, Lowest daily maximum 163, Highest daily minimum 52, Lowest daily minimum 149, Heaviest daily rainfall 227, Heaviest daily snowfall 54, Deepest snow cover 4.

Records on 18 October 1949 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	16
Lowest daily maximum	163
Highest daily minimum	52
Lowest daily minimum	149
Heaviest daily rainfall	227
Heaviest daily snowfall	54
Deepest snow cover	4

Records on 18 October 1949 by timescale: all-time 2, monthly 23, daily 640.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

557 broken records

Margins by which the 557 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 305.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

18 October 1949

Top 20 records on 18 October 1949 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
18 October 1949	Canyon Ferry, US	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	46 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1949	Valier, US	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	22.4 cm (8.8 in)	38 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1949	Ashton 1N, US	daily rain	36.6 mm (1.4 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	49 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1949	Lethbridge Cda, CA	daily snowfall	24.4 cm (9.6 in)	23.1 cm (9.1 in)	32 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1949	Gibson Dam, US	all-time snowfall	45.7 cm (18.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	15 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1949	Amraoti, IN	daily rain	81.0 mm (3.2 in)	69.3 mm (2.7 in)	16 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1949	Cascade 5 S, US	daily snow depth	35.6 cm (14.0 in)	30.5 cm (12.0 in)	32 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1949	Morden, CA	daily rain	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	18.6 mm (0.7 in)	51 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1949	Mirajgaon, IN	monthly rain	121.9 mm (4.8 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	8 years	44 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1949	Bedford 2 SE, US	monthly snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	30 years	43 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1949	Indapur, IN	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	32 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1949	Cascade 5 S, US	all-time snowfall	36.1 cm (14.2 in)	3.1 cm (1.2 in)	38 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1949	Crown King, US	daily rain	59.4 mm (2.3 in)	53.8 mm (2.1 in)	7 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1949	Saltern Post Office, AU	daily rain	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1949	Malsiras, IN	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	39.6 mm (1.6 in)	28 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1949	Mestad I Oddernes, NO	daily rain	66.7 mm (2.6 in)	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	20 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1949	Manati 2 E, PR	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	37.6 mm (1.5 in)	16 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1949	Wickenburg, US	daily rain	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	37.4 mm (1.5 in)	0 years	39 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1949	Kudligi, IN	daily rain	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	39.1 mm (1.5 in)	32 years	38 of 100 (Notable)
18 October 1949	Oxford, GB	daily rain	27.2 mm (1.1 in)	8.0 mm (0.31 in)	50 years	38 of 100 (Notable)

Significance is a score from 0 to 100 combining margin, the age of the old record and the length of the station's record. How it is computed.

The Same Date in Other Years

1794 to 1949

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1794 to 1949. 1949 had 665 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 10-18 in each year
Year	Records
1794	1
1796	1
1799	1
1806	1
1807	1
1810	1
1811	2
1817	1
1832	1
1835	1
1836	1
1843	1
1846	2
1848	1
1849	1
1851	1
1852	1
1859	1
1863	1
1865	2
1866	2
1868	1
1869	1
1871	1
1872	1
1874	4
1876	2
1877	2
1879	3
1881	1
1882	1
1883	2
1887	1
1888	1
1890	4
1892	4
1893	1
1894	3
1895	2
1897	6
1898	5
1899	12
1900	5
1901	5
1902	6
1903	9
1904	12
1905	27
1906	17
1907	11
1908	44
1909	23
1910	50
1911	22
1912	12
1913	26
1914	52
1915	12
1916	64
1917	109
1918	24
1919	31
1920	87
1921	87
1922	59
1923	114
1924	151
1925	153
1926	149
1927	309
1928	316
1929	190
1930	507
1931	350
1932	446
1933	264
1934	222
1935	360
1936	483
1937	671
1938	536
1939	475
1940	532
1941	240
1942	332
1943	844
1944	264
1945	398
1946	355
1947	965
1948	1,128
1949	665
1950	996
1951	325
1952	394
1953	678
1954	621
1955	403
1956	578
1957	220
1958	407
1959	246
1960	612
1961	362
1962	252
1963	492
1964	311
1965	1,066
1966	613
1967	405
1968	737
1969	789
1970	501
1971	1,199
1972	1,581
1973	789
1974	746
1975	779
1976	1,326
1977	533
1978	545
1979	555
1980	1,024
1981	680
1982	654
1983	684
1984	1,331
1985	831
1986	344
1987	518
1988	733
1989	1,196
1990	1,043
1991	999
1992	1,295
1993	1,051
1994	1,296
1995	1,227
1996	795
1997	1,240
1998	1,323
1999	773
2000	823
2001	818
2002	878
2003	1,097
2004	1,156
2005	755
2006	1,328
2007	1,298
2008	531
2009	1,546
2010	634
2011	736
2012	741
2013	430
2014	690
2015	915
2016	1,511
2017	590
2018	759
2019	346
2020	957
2021	387
2022	1,334
2023	693
2024	1,142
2025	367

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Sources: Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Made with Natural Earth. Public domain map data. Borders are Natural Earth's de facto depiction. Data as of 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 50	529
50 to 100	18
100 to 150	5
150 to 200	2
200 to 250	2
250 to 300	0
300 to 350	1